Will China Plunge into The Warrior State Again?
It might be an eerie truth that the current news-dominated-Chinese President Xi Jinping has actually only been an emperor of half of China. Ever since he took the helm of the largest political party in the world, the Chinese Communist Party, Xi has been largely under threat from the former Chinese president Jiang Zemin and […]
China’s Zero-Covid Policy Triggers Mass Demonstrations
After an undeterred show of civil disobedience over the last five days, protests in various parts of China continue to take place. Over the weekend, thousands of citizens took to the streets demanding an end to the stringent Covid-19 induced restrictions called the ‘Zero-Covid policy’ in China. Many were also asking for Chinese President Xi […]
The First Multinational Joint-Stock Company in History
Also known by its native title, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC), the Dutch East India Company or United East India Company was the undisputed hegemon of the trade world in the 16th to 17th century. In 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands amalgamated existing companies to form the first joint-stock company in the world. As a […]
Mother of All Crashes: Is The Great Recession Happening All Over Again?
Investors panic as stock market expert, Michael Burry, predicts a downward plunge in stocks in the coming months. Investors are ever anxious about the potential of a dip in the stock market. And many times, that panic is in vain when predictions have proven false. Other times, however, the predictions hold true and the present […]
The Hidden Environmental Cost Of Online Shopping
The holiday and festival season all across the globe indicates an increase in online and offline shopping trends every year. Even as dark clouds of a strained global economy loom over people’s life, they wish to celebrate after two tough years of Covid-19 induced restrictions. According to IBM, holiday shopping started early this year, with […]
History of the Stock Market
How the riskiest yet most profitable venture in human history started. Stock exchange dates as far back as the ancient Roman empire. The Roman state issued many of its services to private companies known as the publicani, publicanorium or societas. These contractors, much like the modern joint-stock companies, issued shares known as partes for large […]
Covid-19 Still Haunts the U.S. and China
Three years after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and major world powers are still struggling to return to normal. After gradually easing restrictions over the months, China has finally returned to a zero-COVID policy. It started with the first record of Covid death in Guangzhou in almost six months. The authorities quickly imposed a […]
As The Global Economy Slows, Fears Over Recession Loom
After a year roiled by war, an energy crisis, and soaring inflation that triggered the fastest monetary policy tightening cycles in recent times, major world banks expect a global slowdown in the economy in the year 2023. The gloomy picture includes the housing market slumping, the bond market’s yield curve inverting, and the Federal Reserve […]
Elon Musk Takes a Stand On Hunter’s Laptop
Do social media authorities have the right to prevent internet users from accessing certain information? Billionaire Elon Musk had to answer this question as he recently bought the social media platform Twitter. In October 2020, The New York Post dug up a story that would have far-reaching consequences. The laptop of Hunter Biden, son of the […]
Eight Female Artists in Art History
Fiona Alderton takes a tour of some of the paintings painted by women in the National Gallery collection, including: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, who painted portraits of Marie Antoinette and fled the French Revolution Rosa Bonheur, who obtained the French authorities’ permission to wear men’s clothes so she could paint without harassment, Rachel Ruysch, […]